Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-08-24

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son, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church
next Sunday at II A. NJ.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev. ].
G. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next
Sunday at II o'clock, A. NJ. Sunday-school at
p. NJ.
%DEATH OF DIR. A. I. BARRON.
/Dr. A. T. Barron died at his residence in this
place, at Ills o'clock last Saturday night, 10th
instant, in the eighty-frst year of his age. DR..
Barron had been in feeble health for two or
three years preceding his death, and for thelas
few months was confined almost continuously
to his house, though within a few days previ-
Gus to his final dissolution he received visitors
and was cheerful and entertaining, as was his
wont in his younger days. His death was the
result of a general failure of the system from
old age. The funeral services, which were
largely attended, were conducted on Sunday
afternoon in the A. r. p. Church, by Rev. ).
C. Galloway, and as the sun was sinking in the
western horizon his remains ere>deposited IN
their last resting place, surrounded by sorrow
ing relatives and friends.
ARCHIBALD INGRAM BARRON, NJ. d., was
| born in the eastern section of York county,
Vic PIX Jaw
4th day of July, 1907.
He was the son of William and Frances (nee
| Stewart) Barron. Archibald Barron, the faith
er of William and grandfather of DR.. A. l. Bar
ron, immigrated to York county, South Caro-
lima, several years previous to the Revolution
ary war. He settled in the eastern portion OF
the county, near Tirzah Church. In this COM
munity he continued to reside during the re-
mainder of his earthly existence.
The Barron family are Of pure Scotch descent:
Sometime during the reign OF the mlsgulded
and cruel Stewards, some of them emlgrated
to Ireland. The probability is that they emf
grated to Ireland during the reign Of Charles
the Second-about 1865. The name in Scotland
is spelled Barrone, and Barone. In Ireland 1t
is, as is the case with many other names, byno
means uniform. The line through which DR..
A. I. Barron descended, is traced back to James
Barone, who was one of the two lay commits
sioners, who, with John Knox, attended the
first General Assembly of the Church OF Scot.
land, which met in Edinburg on the 10th day OF
December. $780, John Knox and COMMISSION
er James Barone and Edward aoup, were the
representatives of the Presbyterian congrega-
ton of Edinburgh. =,
The original Barron settlement in Ireland
was in the neighborhood of Carrlckfergus, IN
Antrim county. In this region OF 1relanu tne
first Presbyterian minister settled, and at Car
rickfergus the Presbyterian Church OF Ireland
was, in 1912, organized.
From Ireland the ancestors of DR.. A. I. Bar
ron emigrated to America and settled IN PENN
sylvania, either in York or Lancaster county.
From Pennsylvania several members OF inc
Barron family immigrated to Virginia, ana
from Virginia, some members came to YORK
county, South Carolina. A James Barron set
tied at an early period on Broad River, near the
Ninety-Nine Islands, and another, whose
name was also James, settled south OF hickory
Grove about two miles. James Barron, VIC
settled near the Ninety-Nine Islands, probably
returned either to Virginia or Pennsylvania
after the Revolutionary war, and the James
Barron who lived near Hickory Grove le1t no
male descendants who settled in York county.
The maternal great-grand-mother of J. w. +.
Hone. of Yorkville, was Rachel Barron, a
daughter of James Barron, who settled near
Hickory Grove. It is not known certainly
what relation the Barrons who settled In the
western section of York county were TO those
who settled in the eastern section. It is prob
able that James Barron; who settled near the
Ninety Nine Islands, was q first cousin OF
Archibald Barron, the grandfather OF Or. A. l..
Barron, and that James Barron, OF hickory
Grove, was a son of James Barron OF Ninety
Nine Islands. From that branch of the Bar
Commodore James Barron, whose connection
with the Chesapeake and duel with Commo-
doreDecatur, are touching episodes In Ameri-
can history.
Archibald Barron, the grand father of DIR. A.
+. Barron, was a farmer, and all his sons were
trained to follow the same honorable occupa-
ton. William, the father of DR.. A. /. Barron,
at a = very early period Of his life, engaged in
merchandising. At first his merchandising
was on a very limited scale, consisting in ped
ding pot ware. In this he was successful, and
opened a store Of general merchandise: Will
liam Barron is. represented TO nave peen a
man of great energy and perseverance,: when
he began the world he was poor, but by dill
gence and economy he accumulated, before his
death, a considerable amount OF property. The
striking characteristic of both William Bar
ron and his wife, Fannie, was their common
sense. Owing to the peculiar circumstances
of the country, at the time they were growing
up from childhood to maturity, neither Of them
received anything beyond a very limited
English education. They learned lessons OF
practical utility which cannot be learned from
books, and these lessons they reduced 10 prac-
tice and success crowned their efforts.
DR.. A. I. Barron, in his boyhood, enjoyed, Tor
the time, good educational advantages, and he
made a wise improvement of them. EbeneZer
Academy, at which he was educated, has, Tor
more than three-quarters OF a century, been
noted for having at it's head mon who were not
oniy learned. but able instructors. At the time
DR.. Barron was a student in Ebenezer Acade-
nv, as well as before and since that time, a
number of young men were there from various
sections of South Carolina, and from several
counties of North Carolina. a large NUMBER
of these became men of eminence in theology,
in law, and in medicine, and one OF them, per-
haps two, became governors. DR.. Barron
made verv considerable attachments in the
Latin language and in composition and decla-
nation. Even to the last, he read Latin with
marvellous fluency. In a letter to a grand
daughter but a short time before his death, he
quoted from Cicero De Lenectute.
More attention was paid half q century ago
to the dead languages, as they are called, than
is at the present, and the young men educated
half a century ago received a thorough drilling
in these languages that young men studying
these languages at present do not receive. DR..
Barron was fond Of reading, and few men or
his profession, or in fact of any profession, have
read so extensively. His reading embraced
medicine, theology, science and poetry. u
poetry he was specially fond, and he has left be-
hind him a number Of manuscript poems OH
various subjects, which show that he was pos
sessed of poetic talent.
AS Il writer, DR.. Barron was happy, and as
a speaker he possessed more than ordinary
abilities. Had he chosen a profession which
would have required the practice ofhls orator.
with the first as a public speaker. In his early
life, when the Declaration of Independence was
celebrated with far greater display than it is
at present, he was frequently called upon 10
deliver what was, with ~propriety,. called a
Fourth Of July Grafton. His voice IS SAID TO
have been musical, his demeanor graceful, and
thesentiments of his speeches on such occasions
soul inspiring and patriotic. =.
After having completed a thorough course OF
training in Ebenezer Academy, DR.. barron
began the study of medicine under DIR. j. II.
Cathcart, who resided about two miles west OF
the village of Ebenezer. OF DR.. Cathcart, DR..
Barron always spoke favorably. The testi-
mony of all who knew DR.. Cathcart, is that he
,ro, ,,o1l wood IN b;e profaqeion and a skilful